Spotify’s stock price has been on a promising upswing, with analysts setting ambitious targets as shares edge near $400. The last time SPOT approached this mark was in early 2021, fueled by high-profile content deals, but concerns over profitability and market pressures pulled it down to the $70s in 2022. Under CEO Daniel Ek’s direction, Spotify shifted focus to profitability, cutting unnecessary expenditures. Analysts are optimistic, with targets ranging up to $490 from firms like Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank, driven by projected subscriber growth, podcasting, and ad revenue.
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Mark Zuckerberg Dethroned: Three 22-Year-Old Mercor Founders Become Youngest Self-Made Billionaires
Mercor’s 22-year-old founders have become the world’s youngest self-made billionaires after a $350 million funding round valued the AI recruitment startup at $10 billion, surpassing Mark Zuckerberg’s record. Mercor, a fast-rising recruitment startup powering AI model training for Silicon Valley’s biggest labs, has created the world’s youngest self-made billionaires. Three 22-year-old cofounders, including two Americans of Indian origin, have dethroned Mark Zuckerberg as the world’s youngest sel
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Soho House Acquired for £2 Billion as Ashton Kutcher Joins Board
Private members' club chain Soho House has been snapped up for $2.7bn (£2bn) by a consortium involving Hollywood actor turned investor Ashton Kutcher. The group opened its first club in London in 1995, and now has 46 Soho Houses in Europe, North America and Asia, as well a string of other up-market hospitality businesses. It is widely regarded as being a popular haunt of A-list celebrities, and one of its London venues was reportedly where Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had their first date.
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Halsey’s Onstage Groping Clip Shows How Unsafe Concert Stages Can Still Be
Halsey’s recent tour stop in Washington, D.C. produced one of the most uncomfortable concert clips of the past year. In fan‑shot footage that went viral, a person near the front of the stage reaches up and appears to grope under Halsey’s outfit while they perform near the edge, prompting an immediate reaction from the singer and a fast response from security. The moment is quick but unmistakably invasive, and you can see the energy of the performance shift as Halsey steps back to regain control.
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The Florida Man Dolphin “Kidnapping” Shows How Thirsty We Are For Weird News
A fake “Florida man kidnapped by dolphins” story just became one of the clearest examples of how fast satire turns into “real news” online. The viral post claimed Lee County deputies found a 33‑year‑old man barefoot, sunburned and disoriented on the Sanibel Causeway, telling them he’d been taken “against his will” by a pod of dolphins off Fort Myers Beach and forced to help them build an underwater city. The write‑up included fabricated booking details and a whole subplot about him sketching bl
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The LA Marathon Just Delivered A Hollywood‑Level Photo Finish
The 2026 Los Angeles Marathon ended with the kind of drama you usually only get in sports movies. After 26.2 miles from Dodger Stadium to Century City, American distance runner and high‑school coach Nathan Martin was still chasing Kenya’s Michael Kimani Kamau down Santa Monica Boulevard, with Kamau clinging to a small lead as they hit the Avenue of the Stars finish. In the final seconds, Kamau’s legs started to go—not just a fade, but an actual stumble right at the line—opening a tiny window for
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Forbes adds 390 new billionaires, including Beyoncé and Dr. Dre
Meet the new celebrities, heirs and business moguls on Forbes’ latest annual World’s Billionaires list. The world added 390 new billionaires over the past year, according to Forbes’ annual ranking of the planet’s wealthiest people—more than one newcomer every day. That’s the second-best year ever recorded for new billionaires, after 2021, when the pandemic rebound thrust 493 people into the three-comma club for the first time. This year’s class of billionaire newbies includes two iconic music
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